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So far, the Haslab has sucessfully produced the massive Star Wars 3.75” Jabba’s Sail Barge, and are in the process of seeking backers for their Insanely huge Unicron from Transformers, as well as the *ahem* life sized Cookie Monster.

The question I pose to y’all is, what do you see as actual possibilities for a Marvel Haslab product? Would it be a role play item, or a Legends scaled vehicle or character?

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I've made jokes, but at the end of the day, the HasLab concept is utterly ridiculous. Seriously, they produced a 500 + dollar sail barge you literally can only buy if you're in ONE specific geographic location (AND stupid enough to pay 500 dollars for a toy).

Now, I won't go into the bus-load of issues I, and many others, have with the whole HasLab concept, but I will give this little reminder:

Every Marvel Legends character, vehicle, playset, etc. made in the 'Lab will be one that 99.9 % of us will not be able to get.

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I've made jokes, but at the end of the day, the HasLab concept is utterly ridiculous. Seriously, they produced a 500 + dollar sail barge you literally can only buy if you're in ONE specific geographic location (AND stupid enough to pay 500 dollars for a toy).

Now, I won't go into the bus-load of issues I, and many others, have with the whole HasLab concept, but I will give this little reminder:

Every Marvel Legends character, vehicle, playset, etc. made in the 'Lab will be one that 99.9 % of us will not be able to get.

It's a 4-foot-long toy. It's gonna be expensive. Is it a luxury item? Sure. All toys are, but it makes people happy. It's disappointing to see people being shamed for being excited about that on a toy collecting message board.

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LOL, so on the one hand is too ridiculously expensive to buy, but OTOH you're upset that its not available internationally? Unless i'm misunderstanding.. does one have to go pick it up in person or something?

Its not my cup of tea, but people spend lots of money on hot toys, etc so in that context $500 for a huge barge doesn't seem that far-fetched. Plenty of people would argue that WE'RE stupid for regularly dropping $20 on marvel legends, what with them being toys and all. seems like a slippery slope to argue that someone is stupid for paying x amount for a toy. Remove the rafter from our own eye, and all that.

WIth all of that said, i'm personally not really in the market for anything huge that would require HasLab. I do think they should re-release the marvel universe Galactus and Frost Giant, maybe look to making a few other big figures like that such as a Celestial or Giant-man.

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It's a 4-foot-long toy. It's gonna be expensive. Is it a luxury item? Sure. All toys are, but it makes people happy. It's disappointing to see people being shamed for being excited about that on a toy collecting message board.

Okay, I reread my post, and in total fairness, part of it does come off a little confrontational or shamey. Totally not my intention. If anybody took offence, I am sorry.

Basically, all I'm saying is if Hasbro does do a Galactus, Ego, Helicarrier or whatever; I'd much rather it be done for retail or at least in some fashion that makes it accessible to everyone. If that means smaller, less elaborate sets, awesome.

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Okay, I reread my post, and in total fairness, part of it does come off a little confrontational or shamey. Totally not my intention. If anybody took offence, I am sorry.

Basically, all I'm saying is if Hasbro does do a Galactus, Ego, Helicarrier or whatever; I'd much rather it be done for retail or at least in some fashion that makes it accessible to everyone. If that means smaller, less elaborate sets, awesome.

That's definitely fair. I'd be on board for a big, fancy set if I could make the finances work, but I certainly wouldn't want to see it become a regular part of the line.

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My issue is that I don't have the room for something that massive. My entire office is plastered with wall to wall shelves with Marvel Legends and Black Series figures. A few years ago I was in Toys R Us and they had that huge Tie-Fighter for $25 and I passed. My wife is pretty laid back about all the stuff I get, but she would be pissed if I spent $500 on a toy and there is no way I could easily justify that kind of money on one item. I would be open to vehicles like a Snow Speeder or Blackbird, but no way on a huge Daily Bugle or X-Men mansion.

Unfortunately they are the biggest retailer around and probably sell more legends than anyone else so its unlikely they will stop getting exclusives. WIsh they would do a better job managing them, pretty much all of their exclusives this year have been fiascos. 80th Cap probably had the best roll out and there are still tons of people looking for him. The whole business with preorders being cancelled was ludicrous. and don't get me started about Binary.

Exclusives if easy to get, like online or in a store are great. Having to sit in front of a computer and F5ing hoping to get one before it sells out is horrible. Also have a limited quantity in a certain store is just as bad. These two sales methods just feeds the scalpers and make it difficult for regular fans to get only 1. I hope Hasbro makes a lot of Moonstars. With 3 heads people are going to want to buy a few.

I picked up the Cowboy Logan recently too. I had an order on Hasbro Pulse, but they still have not gotten them in and GameStop had a few so I picked the one I wanted. Hasbro Pulse is nice for getting new stuff, but they should really discount their old stuff.